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From Eriks Facebook Erik Grönwall 32m · It’s time to let this one out in the open. I will try to make a long story as short as possible. I am currently spending day 22 at the hospital in Sweden. About a month ago I was full of energy, capable of doing everything I normally do, business as usual. But then it appeared from nowhere. I started feeling exhausted, I had no energy to perform the simplest tasks and it was like I had run a marathon when I was just literally walking my dog for five minutes. Something wasn’t right. So I took a few blood tests and... fast forward... now it’s the third week of my treatment against acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). In medical terms this means that my bone marrow generates immature blood cells, rather than mature ones. Now. First and foremost. I am extremely privileged and grateful to live at a day and age where a disease like this is curable. There’s been so much progress made in this field. My body is reacting well to the treatment but it’s a long treatment and it’s going to be the toughest challenge of my life so far, for me and my family. Mentally and physically. I have thought a lot about how to deal with this - both publicly and privately - and have decided to be completely transparent about it. During the treatment there will be good days and there will be bad days but I think it’s important that we can talk about, share and show our weak sides and bad days as well. After all life isn’t always a super filter fluffy social media world. No Instagram filter can beautify this. We don’t always get to choose what happens to us, life is a lottery, but we can choose how we react to it. Well… at least do our best to choose how. I am not promising frequent updates but when I do you will be seeing a new side of me if you stick around here. A more transparent side I assume. If you want to be supportive just focus on HEALTH empowerment. I don’t believe in fighting fire with fire, let’s use water instead. Let’s understand it and cure it. I won’t be doing any interviews at all at the moment, so kindly respect the privacy of me and my family. The only reliable source of information will come directly from me via my channels, so don’t listen to anything else. Final note. I am doing well given the circumstances and I’m ready to tackle this challenge the best I can. As you can see in the picture I decided to shave my hair since I want to control the process where I can. #healthfirst

Not much info yet, but their debut album is due out in May on Kivel. There first single came out on 30th March ... and no, I am not just posting this because I appear in the video at around 1:30

There are plenty of times the cover is better. Just as a couple of covers done by Jaded Heart where they have taken on pop songs, rearranged them into rock songs. But it is down to personal choice. I tried listening to the original version of Paid my dues and thought it was awful, but the JH version is absolutely amazing. I actually like a lot of musical genres, so this is not just a bias for rock, its just I think the way they rearranged it makes it a much better version. There are covers though rearranged into rock songs, that are poor as fuck and I will always stick with the original. Covering a song with no real change in the way the song was originally poor. And then you have rock songs perform by other genre artists can also improve on the original (NIN/Johnny Cash - Hurt springs to mind).

I had no idea 1986 was in the 1990s

One Desire will release their first live album on June 11th. Will be available as a two disc vinyl, CD/DVD combo and also available on blu ray on its own. Will also be release a single and video as a taster on March 30th. Pre-orders up at the Frontiers web shop.

I know this is an old post, but the downfall of the band was the original singer leaving the band to be with his family or girlfriend, and although they got a new singer I don't think it worked out, so they called it quits. There was another album after Pedal to the metal as well, so certainly don't think that album killed them at all.

Yup. Some good songs on, but fairly patchy. But Sippery and NJ are both so much better, with not single duff song on either. Hell, Keep the faith is better than the first two, but just a step below Slippery & NJ.

Well arent you lucky then as it looks like a solo album is due this year as well

Bulletboys - Mine Bulletboys - Sing a song Thunder - Better man Thunder - Once in a lifetime Tigertailz - Heaven Tigertailz - Fall in love again Tigertailz - I believe Tigertailz - Milez away Snakepit Rebels - You left me Slammin Gladys - Down on your knees Slammin Gladys - What U need Wrathchild UK - Rokk me over Wrathchild UK - Long way 2 go Desmond Child - Obsession Desmond Child - Ray of hope Crystal Roxx - Violet eyes Crystal Roxx - For you Crystal Roxx - Does it matter Quireboys - Roses and rings Quireboys - King of New York Quireboys - Last time Just a few to start, but I can think of so many more.

small song sample on Twitter

I saw an interview with her and the interviewer kept saying Chez as it is spelled.

Now I like a lot of Iggy songs, but the reason that song is so great is that it was written by Alice Cooper, and sounds more Alice than Iggy. One interesting fact about this soundtrack was that Pretty Boy Floyd were supposed to be on it as well, with a cover of Deptment of youth, but were removed late in the game as they were thanked in the liner notes like all the bands. That would have been better than A Different Breed.